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ZAMBIA<br />
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AMARANTHACEAE<br />
Celosia richardsiae C.C.Towns.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Mweru Wantipa. Known from a steep area<br />
near moisture. Collected at an altitude of 1,000 m.<br />
ANNONACEAE<br />
Uvaria edulis N.Robson<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Zambezi River north of Kaleni Hill Mission.<br />
Possibly known only from the type.<br />
APIACEAE<br />
Aframmi longiradiatum (H.Wolff) Cannon<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from DRC.<br />
Frommia ceratophylloides H.Wolff<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
High montane endemic. Very characteristic looking<br />
plant. Stands 1 m tall.<br />
APOCYNACEAE<br />
Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch<br />
Status: VU D1D2<br />
Occurs northwards to East Africa. Sometimes varietal<br />
status is used, but this is not the case in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Strophanthus eminii Aschers. & Pax<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Endemic to the Itigi thicket. Type is from Tanzania. Has<br />
very large conspicuous leaves.<br />
ARALIACEAE<br />
Schefflera abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat is near waterfall sprays. It is an epiphyte<br />
occurring in small localities. Species has the potential<br />
to be exploited because it is a popular horticultural<br />
plant. Well-represented in East Africa.<br />
ASPHODELACEAE<br />
Aloe excelsa Berger<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Only one disjunct locality in <strong>Zambia</strong> (from a rocky<br />
gorge), but widespread in Zimbabwe. Well-represented<br />
outside <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
ASTERACEAE<br />
Ageratinastrum palustre Wild & G.V.Pope<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Swampy or dambo areas with tall grasses. Altitude of<br />
1,350 m. Type from Ndunda Swamp, Mbala. Cannot<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
confirm whether it occurs in Tanzania. Possibly known<br />
only from the type.<br />
Erythrocephalum albiflorum Wild<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In Brachystegia and mixed deciduous woodland. Type is<br />
from Solwezi. Known only from western <strong>Zambia</strong> and<br />
possibly from Malawi. Very conspicuous. Is an erect<br />
suffrutex.<br />
Gutenbergia mweroensis Wild & G.V.Pope<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In a sandy area on the lake foreshore in swampy and<br />
rocky places.<br />
Gutenbergia spermacoceoides Wild<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Mungwi (Kasama District). Sandy soils<br />
often in pan-like depressions. Known only from the<br />
northern region of <strong>Zambia</strong>. One specimen from western<br />
Tanzania in the same habitat.<br />
Gutenbergia trifolia Wild & G.V.Pope<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Collected in shallow peaty soil near a waterhole. Known<br />
only from the type.<br />
Pleiotaxis oxylepis Jeffrey<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Miombo woodland often on steep slopes. Type is from<br />
Kalambo Falls, collected there twice. Also known from<br />
Tanzania. Narrow distribution range.<br />
Vernonia isoetifolia Wild<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Moist sandy grassland. Type from Kambole-Mbala Road.<br />
Known only from around Mbala.<br />
Vernonia mutimushii Wild<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Slightly moist dambos. Type is from Manchele.<br />
Vernonia najas Wild<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Sandy watershed grassland. Type from Mwinilunga, 18<br />
km east of Kaleni Hill. Possibly known only from<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Vernonia zambiana G.V.Pope<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Brachystegia woodland often in sandy soil. Type from<br />
Chishimba Falls in Kasama District. Possibly a <strong>Zambia</strong>n<br />
endemic.<br />
BORAGINACEAE<br />
Cystostemon hispidissimus (S.Moore) Miller &<br />
Riedl subsp. zambiensis Miller & Riedl<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Grows in Brachystegia woodland and edges of dry<br />
Brachystegia boehmii margins.<br />
CAMPANULACEAE<br />
Wahlenbergia ramossima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp.<br />
richardsiae Thulin<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Damp grassland or sandy soil. Type from Mbala by<br />
Richards.<br />
CAPPARACEAE<br />
Maerua paniculata Wild<br />
Status: VU B1B2cD2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Itigi thicket, Chishela Chikuku.<br />
COLCHICACEAE<br />
Gloriosa sessiliflora Nordal & Bingham<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Barotseland<br />
Known from a single population at the type locality.<br />
Many individuals are reported to be known from this<br />
locality. Found on floodplain termite mounds and<br />
sandbanks with riverine forest. Difficult to find, under<br />
Syzygium forest. Apparently also a site photo from<br />
Namibia, presumably from Caprivi, in the linear dune<br />
systems of the Kalahari dunes. Found on elevated parts<br />
of the Balozi Plain.<br />
COMBRETACEAE<br />
Combretum mweroense Baker<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Semi-deciduous thicket in Chipya thicket (degraded Itigi<br />
that has been burnt). Scrambler in scrub. Possibly<br />
occurs in Tanzania and DRC.<br />
Meiostemon tetrandrus (Exell) Exell & Stace<br />
subsp. australis Exell<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Dense, low altitude deciduous thicket where Acacia is<br />
dominant. In <strong>Zambia</strong>, known from game ranches and<br />
National Parks where it is said to be threatened by<br />
elephants. Also recorded from Mozambique and<br />
Zimbabwe.<br />
Meiostemon tetrandrus (Exell) Exell & Stace<br />
subsp. tetrandrus<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In Itigi thicket, probably as widespread as Itigi thicket.<br />
Shallow sand covering granite. Extremely leached and<br />
infertile sands. Type is from Allan in Mwera Antipa.<br />
Apparently also recorded in East Africa.<br />
CONNARACEAE<br />
Burttia prunoides Baker f. & Exell<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
An endemic to Itigi thicket in northern <strong>Zambia</strong>.
CONVOLVULACEAE<br />
Ipomoea richardsiae Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In woodland on rock outcrops. Altitude of 1,200–<br />
1,300 m. Type is from Kalenda Village in Mwinilunga.<br />
Apparently not known from elsewhere.<br />
CUCURBITACEAE<br />
Cucumis humifructus Stent<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North, Barotseland<br />
In swamp forests but also reported on Kalahari sands<br />
which needs verification.<br />
EUPHORBIACEAE<br />
Clutia whytei Hutch. var. monticoloides Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from this area. Higher rainfall plateau<br />
grassland.<br />
Croton scheffleri Pax<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Euphorbia debilispina L.C.Leach<br />
Status: EN B1B2C<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Known only from limestone outcrops (small area of<br />
endemism). Quarrying and urban expansion have<br />
resulted in habitat loss.<br />
Euphorbia distinctissima L.C.Leach<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Euphorbia fanshawei L.C.Leach<br />
Status: VU<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Reported to be rare.<br />
Euphorbia perplexa L.C.Leach var. kasamana<br />
L.C.Leach<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Euphorbia speciosa L.C.Leach<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Jatropha seineri Pax var. tomentella Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: EN B1B2C<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
Soils derived from carbonate rocks.<br />
Monadenium discoideum Bally<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Monadenium filiforme (Bally) S.Carter var.<br />
filiforme<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Monadenium friesii N.E.Br.<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Miombo woodland, very inconspicuous, easily<br />
overlooked. Occurs in a variety of habitats. Also on<br />
limestone areas not likely to be cultivated. Is endemic<br />
to a small area in Lusaka and Chisamba, where it is<br />
fairly common (60 km north of Lusaka).<br />
Monadenium hirsutum Bally<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
In miombo woodland.<br />
Monadenium pseudoracemosum Bally var.<br />
lorifolium Bally<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Monadenium pudibundum Bally var. pudibundum<br />
Bally<br />
Monadenium simplex-Pax var. pudibundum (P.R.O.Bally)<br />
P.R.O.Bally<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Mwinilunga.<br />
Tragia micromeres Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: VU<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Disturbed by human settlements. Type from Lake<br />
Bangweulu on fixed dunes.<br />
Tragia prostrata Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type locality. Higher rainfall<br />
miombo, chipya and tall grassland.<br />
Tragiella friesiana (Prain) Pax & Hoffm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mporokoso. Higher rainfall miombo<br />
woodland.<br />
FABACEAE<br />
Aeschynomene lateriticola Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Known only from the type in Mwinilunga (collected in<br />
1938 by Milne-Redhead). Is a perennial prostrate herb.<br />
Found in open grassland, overlaying lateritic soil.<br />
Aeschynomene stipulosa Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Is a perennial prostrate herb, known only from the type<br />
locality in Mwinilunga (on a river bank), collected by<br />
Milne-Redhead (1937). Brachystegia woodland species.<br />
Possibly known only from the type.<br />
Aeschynomene venulosa Verdc. var. grandis Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from Mbala from two specimens. Both were<br />
collected by Richards along a 200 m gradient, at<br />
different times. Woodland and short grassland species.<br />
Afzelia bipindensis Harms<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Apparently known only from one locality in <strong>Zambia</strong><br />
(Mwinilunga). Widespread in West Africa. Commonly<br />
used as a timber tree.<br />
Aphanocalyx trapnellii (J.Léonard) Wieringa<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from a small area. It is a medium-sized tree<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
that forms almost monospecific stands. Is used in the<br />
building industry.<br />
Baikiaea plurijuga Harms<br />
Status: VU A1acd<br />
Wide distribution but threatened due to heavy logging<br />
of the species.<br />
Baphia speciosa Gillett & Brumm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Conspicuous 7 m tall tree. Itigi thicket mosaic of<br />
grassland and scrub.<br />
Bussea massaiensis (Taub.) Harms subsp.<br />
rhodesica Brenan<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
An endemic to Itigi thicket in northern <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Crotalaria criniramea Bakerf. ex Polhill<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
From a well-collected area. Altitude 1,300–1,500 m<br />
Crotalaria simoma Polhill<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
It was collected twice at the same locality. This is not a<br />
well-collected species.<br />
Crotalaria trinervia Polhill<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North,West<br />
First collected in Mwinilunga, a well-collected area.<br />
Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr.<br />
Status: VU A1d<br />
Distribution: Central/East<br />
Widespread in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Unhealthy populations in<br />
Luangwa. Also recorded from Angola, Botswana, Central<br />
African Republic, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,<br />
Mozambique, Namibia and others.<br />
Daniellia alsteeniana Duvign.<br />
Status: EN A1acd<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in dry evergreen forest and high quality miombo<br />
woodland (deep soil miombo woodland). Used for<br />
canoes. Large numbers are being cut down in<br />
Mporokoso. Many sites have been extirpated.<br />
Droogmansia pteropus (Baker) De Wild. var.<br />
axillaris Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
It is recorded from two collections in Mbala (two<br />
localities in close proximity to each other). Species<br />
grows in grassland and open dambos.<br />
Humularia kapiriensis (De Wild.) Duvign. var.<br />
repens Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Collected twice in Mwinilunga in 1960 (Robinson) and 1969<br />
(Tronche). A conspicuous plant although it is prostrate. The<br />
habitat is dry, sandy plateau grassland at 1,500 m.<br />
Humularia minima (Hutch) Duvign. subsp.<br />
flabelliformis (Duvign.) Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type locality, was never recorded<br />
there again despite the area being fairly well-collected.<br />
It could be that it is very rare.<br />
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ZAMBIA<br />
Humularia minima (Hutch) Duvign. subsp.<br />
minima<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Collected by Milne-Redhead (1930s). Found in Mbala<br />
(collected by Burtt in 1936). Mainly Brachystegia<br />
woodland in Kalahari sand.<br />
Humularia pseudaeschynomene Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Well-collected area. Watershed grassland on Kalahari<br />
sand.<br />
Indigofera emarginella Steud. ex A.Rich. var.<br />
longefoliolata Gillett<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Mbala. Open woodland or bush amongst<br />
grass.<br />
Kotschya africana Endl. var. latifoliola Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Type is from near the top of Kagampande Mountain.<br />
Grows up to 6 m tall. Conspicuously glandular and<br />
sticky. Also known from Malawi.<br />
Kotschya longiloba Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The type was collected in 1950. Habitat is floodplains<br />
in wet black soils.<br />
Kotschya suberifera Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Known only from Kaleni Hill which has been wellcollected.<br />
The species has been described as being<br />
dominant over a small area. Shrub of 2 m.<br />
Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In Uapaca woodland at altitude of 1,500 m. Known<br />
only from the collection of Drummond & Williamson<br />
9307 (1969).<br />
Pseudoprosopis fischeri (Taub.) Harms<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Itigi thicket endemic. An important constituent in<br />
dense thicket. Altitude of 760–1,000 m. Habitat under<br />
threat. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Tephrosia kasikiensis Bakerf. subsp. chinsaliana<br />
Brummitt<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Specimen was collected along a shady riverine habitat.<br />
The type is from Shiwa Ngandu.<br />
Vigna comosa Baker subsp. abercornensis Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In rocky places, altitude 1,200–2,000 m. Type from<br />
Mbala on the path to the Inono Source (collected by<br />
Richards). Narrow distribution range.<br />
Canscora kirkii N.E.Br.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
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GENTIANACEAE<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Edges of rainforest and at the end of the spray zone of<br />
waterfalls. The type collection is from an island in<br />
Victoria Falls, between <strong>Zambia</strong> and Zimbabwe. It is<br />
known to be uncommon.<br />
Faroa corniculata P.Taylor<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Rock crevices at altitude of about 1,500 m.<br />
Sebaea perpusilla Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Collected in a wet dambo. Type from Sinkabola Dambo<br />
in Mwinilunga. Possibly known only from the type.<br />
HYPOXIDACEAE<br />
Curculigo multiflora Zimudzi<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
This species is known only from the type locality. It is<br />
larger than Hypoxis.<br />
Hypoxis dregei (Baker) Nel.<br />
Status: VU A2cd<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Wide distribution.<br />
Hypoxis fischeri Pax<br />
Status: EN A2cd<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Sandy open places and miombo woodland.<br />
Hypoxis goetzei Harms<br />
Status: EN A2cd<br />
Distribution: East, West, Central<br />
Plateau woodland and dambo margins.<br />
Hypoxis iridifolia Baker<br />
Status: VU A2cd<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, Central, West<br />
Habitat is sandplain and miombo woodland.<br />
Hypoxis villosa L.f.<br />
Status: VU A2cd<br />
Distribution: Central, Barotseland, North<br />
IRIDACEAE<br />
Gladiolus serenjensis Goldblatt<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
On rocky outcrops and on thin soils in rock crevices. In<br />
hill country. Restricted to a small area. Known from two<br />
cited collections in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
MELASTOMATACEAE<br />
Memecylon zambeziense A. & R.Fern.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only from <strong>Zambia</strong> in gallery forests along the Zambezi.<br />
Fairly conspicuous shrub of 4 m. Type from Mwinilunga<br />
District collected by Angus.<br />
MORACEAE<br />
Antiaris toxicaria Lesch. subsp. welwitschii<br />
(Engl.) C.C.Berg var. usambarensis (Engl.)<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
C.C.Berg<br />
Status: VU C2a<br />
Distribution: North<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong> is the only country in the Flora zambesiaca<br />
region where it is found in evergreen, riverine habitats.<br />
This species is known only from Samfya on Lake<br />
Bangweulu in isolated, evergreen forests.<br />
Ficus usambarensis Warb.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
There is an isolated occurrence from the main centre in<br />
Usambara (Tanzania). Big, conspicuous tree found in<br />
disturbed woodland.<br />
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) Berg<br />
Status: CR C2b<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Can grow up to 20–50 m tall. It is a tropical African<br />
genus consisting of two species. Commonly called eroco<br />
timber. It is a highly desirable, high-value timber<br />
species. Appeared in previous RDLs as globally LR-nt.<br />
Heavily utilised in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
MYRSINACEAE<br />
Embelia upembensis Taton<br />
Status: VU B1B2c<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Grows in Brachystegia woodland. Also known from DRC.<br />
OLEACEAE<br />
Chionanthus richardsiae Stearn<br />
Status: VU A1a<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in sandy and stony soils.<br />
ORCHIDACEAE<br />
Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. subsp.<br />
longilabris Summerh.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Grassy savanna and in dry sandy dambos. Fusiform<br />
tubers. Altitude of 1,300–1,400 m. Type is from<br />
Mwinilunga by Milne-Redhead. Possibly found outside<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong> but this cannot be confirmed.<br />
Disa nyikensis H.P.Linder<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Grows in montane grasslands at 2,500 m. Recorded<br />
from Malawi.<br />
Disa roeperocharoides Kraenzl.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Found in dambo grasslands but rarely from<br />
Brachystegia woodland. It is found in a variety of<br />
habitats. Probably used for chikanda. Wide distribution<br />
range. Also known from DRC.<br />
Disa ukingensis Schltr.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Montane short dry grassland. Altitude 2,100–2,800 m.<br />
Wide distribution.<br />
Disperis aphylla Kraenzl. subsp. bifolia Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
In leaf litter in deep shade in evergreen forest. Probably<br />
overlooked as it is a small plant.<br />
Disperis bifida P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: CR B1B2c<br />
Endemism: Endemic
Distribution: East<br />
In a small forest patch, near Rest House (Nyika<br />
Plateau). Probably overlooked as it is a small plant.<br />
Habenaria hebes la Croix & P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: EN A2dB1B2e<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Seasonally damp grassland (on sandy plateau<br />
grassland). Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Habenaria pasmithii G.Will.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Water meadows of slow flowing water 60 cm deep.<br />
Grows with sedges and aquatic herbs. Found on Kalahari<br />
sands.Type from Okavango in Botswana. Known from<br />
only two collections. Probably more common than<br />
currently known.<br />
Habenaria pubidens P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: VU A2c<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Deep shade in evergreen forest. Altitude of 1,700–<br />
2,050 m in inaccessible areas. Forms colonies. Used on<br />
both sides of the border (also known from Malawi).<br />
Narrow distribution range. Big tubers. Probably used as<br />
chikanda.<br />
Habenaria tubifolia la Croix & P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: EN A2dB1B2e<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Open bush with Uapaca trees in a commercial farming<br />
area (mostly now abandoned land). Only known from<br />
the type specimen. Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Holothrix tridactylites Summerh.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Dry montane grassland, usually recently burnt. Altitude<br />
2,050–2,300 m. Probably overlooked.<br />
Malaxis katangensis Summerh. var. pygmaea<br />
(Summerh.) P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in woodland. Only one citation in Flora<br />
zambesiaca, Mwinilunga (1938) by Milne-Readhead.<br />
Probably used as chikanda. Probably overlooked because<br />
of size.<br />
Platycoryne brevirostris Summerh.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Dambos and granite outcrops over marshy ground over<br />
laterite or rock. Kalenda Dambo (Mwinilunga) is the<br />
type locality. Also in Angola.<br />
Satyrium microcorys Schltr.<br />
Status: VU A2dD2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Montane grassland, usually amongst rocks in seepage<br />
areas. Altitude of 1,900–2,300 m. Type from Tanzania.<br />
Very large tubers.<br />
Satyrium monadenum Schltr.<br />
Status: VU A2dD2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Habitat is wet montane grassland usually in wetter<br />
areas. Altitude more than 2,100 m. The species<br />
sometimes forms large colonies. Type from Tanzania.<br />
Definitely used as chikanda, based on the size of the<br />
tuber.<br />
Satyrium princeae Kraenzl.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Found in montane grassland, usually in wetter areas, at<br />
an altitude of 1,900–2,400 m. Type from Tanzania.<br />
Satyrium shirense Rolfe<br />
Status: VU A2d<br />
Distribution: East<br />
In montane grasslands, rocky hillsides and seepage<br />
slopes. Altitude of 1,750–2,500 m. Type from the Shire<br />
Highlands in Malawi. Widely distributed. Small, slender<br />
plants. White flowers. Very common and ubiquitous.<br />
OXALIDACEAE<br />
Biophytum nyikense Exell<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Upland grassland, altitude up to 2,450 m. Type is from<br />
the Nyika Plateau (<strong>Zambia</strong>). Known from a very small<br />
area on the Nyika in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Biophytum richardsiae Exell<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
On cliff ledges. Type from the Saisi (a basin on its own)<br />
by Richards. Apparently known only from the type.<br />
PASSIFLORACEAE<br />
Adenia erecta De Wilde<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type is from the Mujileshi River (Mwinilunga). Found in<br />
grassland at the edge of rivers and in Brachystegia<br />
woodland. Possibly occurs in Angola. No further<br />
information available.<br />
Adenia tuberifera R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Kalambo Falls. Apparently known only from<br />
here. In open woodland and stony places in dry forests.<br />
POACEAE<br />
Eragrostis punctiglandulosa Cope<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Grows in heavy black clay soils (the whole of the Kafue<br />
Flats). Kafue is succumbing to habitat degradation. The<br />
type is from Namwala District, along the Kafue River. Is<br />
a Kafue Flats endemic.<br />
Oreobambos buchwaldii K.Schum.<br />
Status: CR A1acdB1B2ceB3d<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in mist forests. Has been extensively overutilised.<br />
Is known from a few localities, but appears to<br />
be extinct at most of the sites. Recent surveys have<br />
failed to find it in the Mbala area. The species has been<br />
observed in cultivation.<br />
POLYGALACEAE<br />
Securidaca welwitschii Oliv.<br />
Status: VU B1B2C<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Evergreen riparian forests. Habitat type is threatened.<br />
The tree is used for medicinal (aspirin) and cosmetic<br />
purposes. Known from West and East Africa.<br />
PROTEACEAE<br />
Protea caffra Friis subsp. mafingensis Chisumpa &<br />
Brummitt<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
Distribution: East, North<br />
Altitude of 2,070–2,240 m. Known from the <strong>Zambia</strong>-<br />
Nyika and the Mafingas. Originally endemic to Malawi.<br />
Protea kibarensis Hauman subsp. cuspidata<br />
(Beard) Chisumpa & Brummitt<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Upper Brachystegia woodland and mountain grasslands<br />
of 1,800–2,000 m. Type from Mafinga Mountains above<br />
Chisenga. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
RHIZOPHORACEAE<br />
Cassipourea fanshawei Torre & Gonç.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only known from the type collection. The site is<br />
ungazetteered. The species grows in thickets.<br />
RUBIACEAE<br />
Coffea mufindiensis Hutch. ex Bridson subsp.<br />
lundaziensis Bridson<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: East<br />
The species grows in forest undergrowth and forest<br />
fringes at altitudes of 2,050–2,300 m. Also found in<br />
Tanzania.<br />
Fadogia chlorantha K.Schum.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Sandy plains at edges of Cryptosepalum woodlands,<br />
Kalahari sand species at 1,200 m altitude. Grassy plains<br />
and Baikiaea woodland. Also recorded in Angola.<br />
Fadogia schmitzii Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Cryptosepalum–Brachystegia woodland in Kalahari<br />
sand, 1,200 m. Type is from Mwinilunga collected by<br />
Milne-Redhead. Is a suffrutex of height 35–50 cm. Also<br />
recorded from DRC.<br />
Fadogia variifolia Robyns<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in open sandy ground on plain and woodland<br />
edges. Should have been collected again (common?).<br />
Hallea stipulosa (DC.) Leroy<br />
Status: VU A1cd<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Found in swamp forest, fringing woodlands of streams<br />
and lakes. Alternative genus name: Metrogyna. Locally<br />
called ‘mupa’ (Bemba name). Timber tree of high<br />
rainfall areas. Also recorded in Angola, Cameroon,<br />
Central African Republic, DRC, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,<br />
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and others.<br />
Oldenlandia geophila Bremek.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Sandy dambos margins and drainage banks. Type from<br />
Mfulira.<br />
Pavetta johnstonii Bremek. subsp. breviloba<br />
Bridson<br />
Status: VU B1B2bD2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Also known from Tanzania.<br />
Pavetta redheadii Bremek.<br />
Status: VU B1B2cD2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
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ZAMBIA ZAMBIA<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Evergreen vegetation, riparian thicket and woodland.<br />
Altitude of 1,230 m. Type from the Lunga River. Forest<br />
has been drastically transformed for banana and<br />
sugarcane plantations. Not known whether it is endemic<br />
to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Pavetta subumbellata Bremek. var. subumbellata<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Forest patches at altitude of 1,750–2,285 m. Type from<br />
Tanzania.<br />
Pentanisia confertifolia (Baker) Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Coarse grassland and Brachystegia woodland,<br />
sometimes amongst boulders on sandy ground and also<br />
in old cultivations. Altitude of 1,500–1,650 m. All<br />
collections within a very small area. Type from Lake<br />
Tanganyika (Fwambo) collected by Carson. Possibly also<br />
in Tanzania.<br />
Psychotria mwinilungae Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Riverine forest endemic, altitude of 1,300 m. Type is<br />
from Mwinilunga on the West Lunga River (collected in<br />
1975). Should have been found there again. Is a subshrub.<br />
Habitat is threatened.<br />
Psydrax whitei Bridson<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, East<br />
Evergreen rainforest and forest margins, on rocky<br />
outcrops in submontane grasslands. Altitude of 2,100–<br />
2,300 m. Type is from Malawi-Nyika Plateau. In <strong>Zambia</strong><br />
the known localities are in close proximity to each other<br />
(highlands).<br />
Rytigynia adenodonta (K.Schum.) Robyns subsp.<br />
adenodonta<br />
Status: VU B1B2b<br />
Distribution: North, Central<br />
Severely fragmented habitats.<br />
Rytigynia adenodonta (K.Schum.) Robyns subsp.<br />
reticulata (Robyns) Verdc.<br />
Status: VU B1B2b<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Only one record in <strong>Zambia</strong> at an altitude of 1,177–<br />
2,000 m.<br />
Spermacoce annua Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Dry dambos, damp soil on rocky outcrops. Altitude of<br />
1,500 m. Type is from near Kaleni Hill in Mwinilunga by<br />
Robinson. Possibly known only from the type.<br />
Spermacoce bangweolensis (R.E.Fr.) Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found on bare soil amongst grass clumps. Almost<br />
certainly a dune species. Type from Lake Bangweulu.<br />
Found on both sides of the lake. Sub-shrub up to 50 cm<br />
tall. Habitat disturbed due to the development of the<br />
fishing industry.<br />
Spermacoce perennis Verdc. var. fimbriolata Verdc.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Dambos and bushland on sandy soil. Type from Luwingu<br />
(Chishinga Ranch) by Astle (1961). Same habitat as<br />
Spermacoce perennis Verdc. var. perennis.<br />
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Spermacoce perennis Verdc. var. perennis<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Dambos and bushland on sandy soil. Type collected in<br />
Luwingu by Jelf (1922).<br />
RUTACEAE<br />
Vepris termitaria Mendonça<br />
Status: VU B1B2cD2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
On termite mounds in woodland. An evergreen shrub or<br />
small tree up to 3 m. Type is from Kitwe; collected by<br />
Fanshawe. Not common and not in dense stands.<br />
Distribution scattered.<br />
SAMYDACEAE<br />
Homalium molle Stapf<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from from Kunkuta in Mporokoso District. In<br />
forest margins and forest patches. Unable to confirm<br />
whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
SCROPHULARIACEAE<br />
Buchnera chisumpae Philcox<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows amongst rocks in dry sandy areas at altitudes of<br />
1,260–1,750 m. There are several localities in Kasama.<br />
Buchnera cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox var.<br />
mwinilungensis Philcox<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is Brachystegia woodland. The species was last<br />
collected in 1960. Also recorded in DRC.<br />
Buchnera ebracteolata Philcox<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat of the species is open grassland and woodland<br />
at altitudes of 1,750–2,500 m. Found in large<br />
quantities in Chilongowelo.<br />
Buchnera nervosa Philcox<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in dambos in sandy areas where it is common.<br />
Also known from semi-open woodland. Occurs at an<br />
altitude of about 1,300 m.<br />
Crepidorhopalon involucratus (Philcox) Fischer<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
EXTINCT & THREATENED<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Woodlands, roadsides and stony areas in and bordering<br />
gorges. Type from Kabompo Gorge, collected by<br />
Robinson.<br />
Crepidorhopalon tenuifolius (Philcox) Fischer<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Bogs, swamps and marshy grounds. Altitude of 1,250–<br />
1,550 m. Type is from Chilongowelo.<br />
Micrargeriella aphylla R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Swamps and dambos, altitude of 1,290–1,525 m. Type<br />
from Kawendimusi.<br />
Stemodiopsis glandulosa Philcox<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Grows on rock faces and crevices at an altitude of<br />
1,280 m. Type from Serenje collected by Fanshawe.<br />
Known only from a small area in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
SELAGINELLACEAE<br />
Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Scarce in southern Africa; always occurs on basalt.<br />
TURNERACEAE<br />
Streptopetalum luteoglandulosum R.Fern.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grassland on sandy soils. Type is from Luapula by<br />
Richards.<br />
VITACEAE<br />
Cyphostemma abercornense Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat is rocky hills. Represented only by two<br />
collections.<br />
Cyphostemma rotundistipulatum Wild &<br />
R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: VU D2<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in Brachystegia woodland in sandy soils. A<br />
specimen has been collected from a termite mound in<br />
the middle of a marsh.<br />
Participants of the RDL Workshop held in Lusaka.<br />
(Photo: J.S. Golding)
AMARANTHACEAE<br />
Pandiaka confusa C.C.Towns.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type is from Mwinilunga just south of Matonchi Farm.<br />
Also recorded from Angola.<br />
Pandiaka richardsiae Suess.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In damp sandy ground, along dambos or in short grass<br />
under Uapaca or Protea stands.<br />
ANACARDIACEAE<br />
Lannea virgata R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West, Barotseland<br />
Woodlands, sometimes near dambos and on termite<br />
mounds. Type from Kasempa by Fanshawe. Very wide<br />
distribution.<br />
Ozoroa kassneri (Engl. & v.Brehm.) R. & A.Fern.<br />
var. rhodesica R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Type is from Ndunda in Mbala by Richards.<br />
Rhus longipes Engl. var. schinoides R.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Brachystegia woodland and by streams. Type is from 13<br />
km northwest of Mbala. Known only from the type<br />
collection.<br />
APOCYNACEAE<br />
Strophanthus angusii F.White<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Habitat at edge of dambo in Kalahari sand. Type from<br />
Chikundulu Stream in Mwinilunga District. Is a<br />
suffrutex. Reasonably widespread.<br />
ASCLEPIADACEAE<br />
Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Widely distributed outside <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
ASTERACEAE<br />
Vernonia mushituensis Wild<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Mushitu forest margins. Type from Chilongowelo. Winddispersed<br />
seed. Possibly endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Vernonia tanganyikensis R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Miombo woodland. Type from Lake Tanganyika. Also<br />
known from East Africa.<br />
LOWER RISK<br />
BALSAMINACEAE<br />
Impatiens limnophila Launert<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In wet places in swamps, in mud on river banks. Type<br />
from Mbala collected by Weelan. Flower colour pale<br />
mauve or pink. It has great range of variability in its<br />
vegetative stages. A prostrate plant.<br />
CAPPARACEAE<br />
Boscia cauliflora Wild<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Termite mounds in Brachystegia woodland. Type is from<br />
Mwinilunga collected by Milne-Redhead in 1938.<br />
Taxonomically possibly sunk.<br />
Cleome macrophylla (Klotzsch) Briq.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
This is a mid-Zambezi endemic which occurs on Kalahari<br />
soils. Small, discrete pockets of distribution. Grazing by<br />
cattle a threat.<br />
CLUSIACEAE<br />
Garcinia pachyclada N.Robson<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Widespread on plateau woodland on sandy soil.<br />
CONVOLVULACEAE<br />
Ipomoea fanshawei Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Barotseland<br />
Woodlands, dambo margins and open sand habitats.<br />
Altitude of 1,097 m. Apparently also recorded from<br />
Botswana.<br />
EUPHORBIACEAE<br />
Croton longipedicellatus Léonard var.<br />
brevipedicellatus Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Seldom collected. Type from Lake Mweru. Possibly also<br />
in Angola.<br />
Croton polytrichus Pax subsp. brachystachys<br />
Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, South, West<br />
In dry thicket.<br />
Phyllanthus caespitosus Brenan<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Pyrophyte. Type from Kasama. Plateau miombo<br />
woodland. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Phyllanthus microdendron Welw. ex Mull.Arg. var.<br />
asper Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Last specimen cited was in 1975. Type from Kitwe.<br />
LOWER RISK<br />
Miombo and Guibourtia–Baikiaea woodland on Kalahari<br />
sand. Altitude of 1,000–1,250 m. Also known from<br />
Angola.<br />
Phyllanthus polyanthus Pax<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Habitat severely reduced. Dry evergreen forest and<br />
thicket patches. Well-represented outside <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Apparently also recorded in South Africa.<br />
Phyllanthus tenuis Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mbala District where it is locally common.<br />
Sandy soil among rocks and wet grassland.<br />
Phyllanthus zambicus Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Type from <strong>Zambia</strong>, Kafue National Park (Chunga).<br />
Floodplain grassland and mopane woodland.<br />
FABACEAE<br />
Aeschynomene pseudoglabrescens Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Collected in Kasama by Richards. The two known<br />
localities are very far apart, and the species has<br />
probably been overlooked. Habitat is Brachystegia<br />
woodland at 1,200 m.<br />
Brachystegia puberula Burtt Davy & Hutch.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Has been overlooked. Common and widespread.<br />
Cordyla africana Lour.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Central/East, North, South<br />
In small numbers in Luangwa mostly as mature trees<br />
(one individual every 2–3 km). The species is common<br />
throughout the rest of <strong>Zambia</strong>, and its habitat is not<br />
severely disturbed.<br />
Crotalaria umbellifera R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Widespread.<br />
Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Central, North, West<br />
Widespread in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Grows as part of mateshe forest,<br />
associated with Itigi thicket. Found in riverine fringes.<br />
Kotschya prittwitzii (Harms) Verdc. var. parviflora<br />
Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
It probably has a much wider distribution than<br />
currently known. The type is from Kawambwa, collected<br />
by Fanshawe. Riverside Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Tephrosia coronilloides Welw. ex Baker<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: South<br />
It is recorded from sandy places on Kalahari sand. Type<br />
from Angola. Widespread. There are probably several<br />
more localities because the habitat is extensive.<br />
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ZAMBIA<br />
Tephrosia richardsiae Gillett subsp. erucifera<br />
Brummitt<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Rocky plateau woodland, a common habitat. Occurs on<br />
rocky hills in undisturbed areas. Widespread along the<br />
Great North Road.<br />
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GENTIANACEAE<br />
Exacum oldenlandioides (S.Moore) Klackenb.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Habitat is along streams and river banks. Widespread.<br />
Well-represented outside <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
GESNERIACEAE<br />
Streptocarpus aff. michelmorei Hilliard &<br />
B.L.Burrt<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Found in deep gorges and inaccessible areas. Known<br />
from several localities. Characterised by its unifoliate<br />
leaves. Similar-looking taxon in Malawi (Viphya).<br />
Known from the specimens of Mutimushi 3335 (1965)<br />
and Williamson 1727 (1969).<br />
HYPOXIDACEAE<br />
Curculigo pilosa (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North, South<br />
It grows amongst rocks, crevices and in dambos. It is<br />
probably used for its medicinal properties as an<br />
alternative to African Potato.<br />
IRIDACEAE<br />
Moraea brevifolia Goldblatt<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Marshy habitats. The type is Lumangwe Falls in<br />
Mporokoso District.<br />
LOBELIACEAE<br />
Monopsis stellarioides (Presl) Urb.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Widespread. Habitat in Lumangwe is about to be<br />
destroyed because of the development of a hydroelectric<br />
scheme.<br />
MALVACEAE<br />
Triplochiton zambesiacus Milne-Redh.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found on termite mounds, but also in floodplains on<br />
silty sands and on riverbanks. Restricted to the valley<br />
floor. Mid-Zambezi endemic. Type is from Zimbabwe.<br />
Wood is hard and is used for yokes.<br />
MELASTOMATACEAE<br />
Dichaetanthera erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr.) A. & R.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in rocky places mainly at waterfalls and in<br />
woodlands. Also recorded from Tanzania.<br />
Dissotis simonis-jamesii Buscal. & Muschl.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The species was collected at Lake Bengweulu up to<br />
Mbala. It is known only from swamps in northern<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>. The range covers a wide area. Habitats are not<br />
under threat.<br />
MELIACEAE<br />
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Known from gorges. Wide distribution, only on Kalahari<br />
sand of the Western Province. Riparian and chipya<br />
forests. Popular as a cultivated tree. Also known from<br />
Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, DRC, Ghana and others.<br />
Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: West<br />
MENYANTHACEAE<br />
Nymphoides tenuissima A.Raynal<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Temporary pools, altitude of 900–1,200 m. Also known<br />
from DRC.<br />
MORACEAE<br />
Ficus ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq. subsp. macrosyce<br />
Berg<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Extremely widespread. Habitat in riverine forests in<br />
rocky gorges; on rocks in rapids and in swamp forest<br />
mushitu.<br />
Morus mesozygia Stapf ex A.Chev.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: North, East<br />
This is the only African species in the genus. It grows<br />
up to 40 m tall. It is not known whether this species is<br />
endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>. Not common. Wide distribution in<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong> and other countries.<br />
ORCHIDACEAE<br />
Brachycorythis pilosa Summerh.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Scrub and woody grassland and swamp. Type from<br />
Tanzania. Widespread.<br />
Disa dichroa Summerh.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Known from many collections from Mbala. Possibly<br />
found in Tanzania.<br />
Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. subsp. welwitschii<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Grows in damp grasslands and dambos, common where<br />
it occurs.<br />
Habenaria argentea P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West, Central<br />
In swampy grassland. Seems widespread. Probably used<br />
as chikanda.<br />
Habenaria hirsutitrunci G.Will.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, East<br />
Montane grassland. Probably used as chikanda.<br />
LOWER RISK<br />
Widespread. Type from Luangwa River, 50 km south of<br />
Mporokoso near the Kalungwishi River. Also known from<br />
Malawi.<br />
Habenaria humilior Rchb.f.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: Central, South, East<br />
Altitude of 1,900–2,200 m in grassy dambos.<br />
Habenaria leucotricha Schltr. var. reticalcar la<br />
Croix<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West, North, Central, East<br />
Woodland on stony ground. Has a vast habitat range.<br />
Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Habenaria velutina Summerh.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
In grassland often near streams. Widespread distribution.<br />
Common habitat. Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Nervilia bicarinata (Bl.) Schltr.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North, Central, South<br />
Riverine forest. Not harvested. Also in Senegal, Yemen,<br />
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, DRC and West Africa,<br />
Nigeria, Central African Republic, Madagascar,<br />
Mascarenes, Comores and so forth.<br />
Platycoryne isoetifolia P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, East<br />
Wet and dry dambos, altitude of 1,350 m. Does not<br />
seem to be used as chikanda because it has small<br />
tubers. Type from Shiwa Ngandu.<br />
Platycoryne latipetala Summerh.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Wet peaty swamps, altitude of 1,200–1,400 m. Type<br />
from Sinkabolo in Mwinilunga. Also in DRC.<br />
Platycoryne micrantha Summerh.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Marshy grassland. Type from Mwinilunga, west of<br />
Dobeka Bridge. Also recorded in Angola.<br />
Platycoryne proteatrum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe var.<br />
recurvirostrum G.Will.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Low-lying black soils of peaty dambos and swamps.<br />
Locally dominant and widespread. Like an epiphyte in<br />
rotting grass mats. The genus is unlikely to be used for<br />
chikanda. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Swamp species in deep marshy forests. Flowers from<br />
December to February. Possibly overlooked due to its<br />
small insignificant flowers. Not known whether it is<br />
endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Roeperocharis wentzeliana Kraenzl.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Montane grassland in damp areas. Altitude of 1,700–<br />
2,440 m. Type is from Tanzania. Widespread. Known<br />
from a small area in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Possibly used as chikanda.
PASSIFLORACEAE<br />
Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Kalambo Falls in Mbala. On rocky slopes<br />
with Brachystegia woodland. Species is common and<br />
dominant.<br />
Adenia ovata De Wilde<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Type is from Mufulira on the Copperbelt. Brachystegia<br />
woodland on lateritic and sandy soils. Seems to be<br />
widespread. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Adenia repanda (Burch.) Engl.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Kalahari sand endemic. Appears in the rainy season.<br />
Tourists are known to collect the plant. Generally<br />
uncommon in <strong>Zambia</strong> but wide distribution. Possibly<br />
more widespread along the Chobe/Zambezi Rivers.<br />
Basananthe baumii (Harms) De Wilde var.<br />
caerulescens (A. & R.Fern.) De Wilde<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Found in miombo woodlands. Dry woodland in open<br />
sandy ground. Also in Angola.<br />
Basananthe holmesii R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
POACEAE<br />
Brachiaria pungipes Clayton<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Grassland on sandy soils, at altitude of 1,500 m. Type<br />
from Dobeka Bridge in Mwinilunga. Fairly wide<br />
distribution. Possibly also in Angola and DRC.<br />
Digitaria bidactyla Van der Veken<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in dambos and in wet sands at altitudes of<br />
1,600–1,700 m. Known from several collections from<br />
only one locality. Not known from elsewhere.<br />
Digitaria tenuifolia Goetgh.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in shallow depressions on flat rocks (altitude of<br />
1,400 m).<br />
Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris Launert<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Kasama. In open places. Altitude 1,000–<br />
1,500 m. Distribution extends into <strong>Zambia</strong> from<br />
Tanzania. Monotypic genus. Found over a wide area. Is<br />
an annual grass.<br />
Eragrostis anacrantha Cope<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Found growing in dambos, in seasonally wet woodlands<br />
beside rivers.<br />
Eragrostis anacranthoides Cope<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Common on rocks beside running water.<br />
Altitude of about 1,600 m.<br />
Eragrostis dentifera Launert<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Altitude of about 1,700 m in seasonally wet grassland.<br />
Eragrostis divaricata Cope<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in lateric pans and on peaty soils and damp<br />
holes. Altitude of 1,400 m. Also recorded in DRC.<br />
Eragrostis fimbrilata Cope<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
The type is from Kitwe by Fanshawe. Found in dambo<br />
margins in high rainfall areas. It has possibly been<br />
overlooked.<br />
Eragrostis lepidobasis Cope<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in wet areas and watershed areas. Known only<br />
from the type collection. Must have been overlooked by<br />
collectors.<br />
Eragrostis mariae Launert<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in dambos in swampy grassland usually in peaty<br />
soil at altitudes of 1,700 m. Type is from Lake Chila.<br />
Eragrostis milnei Launert ex Cope<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in dambos and standing water in laterite pans.<br />
Type is from Kalenda Dambo in Mwinilunga. Known only<br />
from two collections. So far known only from this<br />
locality, but may also occur in DRC and Angola.<br />
Eragrostis oligostachya Launert ex Cope<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in dambos in damp grassland, in laterite and<br />
margins in shallow pools near rocky outcrops.<br />
Eragrostis spicigera Cope<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Watershed grassland in sandy soil at an altitude of<br />
1,400–1,450 m. Known only from the type locality<br />
where it was collected four times by Astle.<br />
Hydrothauma manicatum Hubb.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
An aquatic grass, it grows in shallow pools on ironstone<br />
outcrops.<br />
Hyparrhenia anemopaegma Clayton<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central/East<br />
It has a limited national distribution.<br />
Lophachme parva Renvoize & Clayton<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, Central<br />
Dambos and damp places beside rivers. Altitude of<br />
1,400–1,700 m. Type from Shiwa Ngandu.<br />
Panicum bullockii Renvoize<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
LOWER RISK<br />
Woodland on mountain slopes, on arenaceous soils.<br />
Altitude of 1,750—2,000 m. Type from Chishimba Falls<br />
in Kasama District. Probably a number of collections.<br />
Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Panicum pseudoracemosum Renvoize<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Damp places in shade. Altitude of 1,350–1,650 m. Type<br />
from Mwinilunga near the Kaomba River. Widespread<br />
distribution. Not known whether it is endemic to<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Pogonarthria refracta Launert<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: South, North<br />
Kalahari sands, in woodland on disturbed ground.<br />
Altitude of 1,000 m. Type from Namwala (collected in<br />
1962).<br />
Setaria pseudaristata (Peter) Pilg.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Widespread. Also found in East Africa and further<br />
afield.<br />
POLYGALACEAE<br />
Polygala friesii Chodat<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Habitat in swamps and peat bogs and marshy<br />
grassland. Altitude of 1,700–1,750 m. Type from near<br />
Mansa. Widespread. Not known whether it is endemic to<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
PORTULACACEAE<br />
Portulaca foliosa Ker Gawl.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
PSILOTACEAE<br />
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Riverine or wet miombo species. A cosmopolitan<br />
species, but seldom common anywhere. The species is<br />
rare but extremely widespread in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Its habitat is<br />
not threatened.<br />
ROSACEAE<br />
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm.<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Widespread but uncommon habitat. Also in Angola,<br />
Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko),<br />
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda,<br />
São Tomé & Principé and South Africa (Eastern Cape,<br />
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo<br />
Province).<br />
RUBIACEAE<br />
Batopedina linearifolia (Bremek.) Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Crevices on granite hills at 1,250 m. Habitat is not<br />
threatened. Plant is 10–25 cm tall.<br />
Fadogia tomentosa De Wild. var. calvescens<br />
(Verdc.) Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Brachystegia–Cryptosepalum woodland and Kalahari<br />
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ZAMBIA<br />
sand. Type from Machili in Western Province. Probably<br />
not common.<br />
Fadogia triphylla Baker var. gracilifolia Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in degraded habitat of Monotes, Brachystegia<br />
and Uapaca woodland. Also old cultivations, i.e. in<br />
degraded miombo. Type from southwestern Tanzania.<br />
Otiophora angustifolia Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
On rocky outcrops. Fairly widespread. Distance between<br />
the two known localities is about 400 km. Possibly<br />
uniformly distributed between these localities. Dwarf<br />
shrub/woody herb.<br />
Sericanthe andongensis (Hiern) Robbrecht var.<br />
andongensis<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
In riverine forest. Widespread. Occurs further north<br />
through Tropical Africa.<br />
Tapiphyllum cinerascens (Hiern) Robyns var.<br />
laetum (Robyns) Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East, North<br />
Brachystegia woodland in rocky places. Altitude of<br />
900–1,350 m. Widespread.<br />
Tapiphyllum cinerascens (Hiern) Robyns var.<br />
richardsii (Robyns) Verdc.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grassland, Combretum–Grewia thicket and Brachystegia<br />
woodland. Sandy soil sometimes in rocky places.<br />
Altitude of 1,200–1,500 m.<br />
Tapiphyllum molle Robyns<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, North, West<br />
Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodland on Kalahari<br />
sand. Type from Angola. Several localities known from<br />
northwestern <strong>Zambia</strong> have been provisionally included<br />
in this taxon pending a full taxonomic investigation.<br />
Widespread. Not utilised.<br />
Tapiphyllum rhodesiacum (Tennant) Bridson<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Habitat is escarpment vegetation, thicket and woodland<br />
on granite rocks and very stony ground. Often on rocky<br />
hills in Brachystegia woodland. Type from Serenje<br />
District by Fanshawe. A shrub to a small tree.<br />
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RUTACEAE<br />
Vepris mendoncana W.Mziray<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in riverine forests.<br />
Blighia unijugata Baker<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Not common in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
SAPINDACEAE<br />
Deinbollia fanshawei Exell<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Barotseland, West<br />
Known only from Barotseland in Kalahari sand<br />
woodland.<br />
Eriocoelum lawtonii Exell<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Habitat is riverine forest, which is not particularly<br />
threatened. The type is from Kasama District,<br />
Kawambwa. Fairly widespread.<br />
SCROPHULARIACEAE<br />
Alectra glandulosa Philcox<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, South<br />
In moist grassland from 1,500–1,830 m. Type is from<br />
32 km from Mwininlunga on the road to Solwezi at<br />
Mundwizi Dambo, altitude 1,700 m.<br />
Alectra pubescens Philcox<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mbala on Chilongowelo Escarpment at<br />
1,500 m.<br />
Buchnera laxiflora Philcox<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Grows in dambos at altitudes up to 1,200–1,400 m.<br />
Buchnera trilobata Skan<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Grows in montane grassland and Brachystegia woodland<br />
up to altitudes of 2,500 m. Species is scattered over a<br />
wide area in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Seeds are small and mobile. Also<br />
recorded from Malawi.<br />
Crepidorhopalon bifolius (Skan) Fischer<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Wet areas up to an altitude of 1,500 m. Type is from<br />
Kambole. Widespread. Known only from Flora<br />
zambesiaca area and is possibly a <strong>Zambia</strong>n endemic.<br />
Often collected. Habitat is common.<br />
STRYCHNACEAE<br />
Strychnos xantha Leeuwenb.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
In gallery forests or riverine thickets. Possibly a<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>n endemic but needs verification.<br />
TILIACEAE<br />
Corchorus saxatilis Wild<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: South, West, Central<br />
Widespread on shallow soil and rocky outcrops.<br />
Triumfetta tenuipedunculata Wild<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Damp shady woodland. Type is from Mbala District.<br />
Widespread. Small herb.<br />
TURNERACEAE<br />
Stapfiella zambesiensis R.Fern. forma grandifolia<br />
R.Fern.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
LOWER RISK<br />
Margins of mushitu near streams, which is not a<br />
particularly endangered habitat. This taxon (Stapfiella<br />
zambesiensis forma grandifolia) has larger leaves than<br />
the other (Stapfiella zambesiensis forma<br />
zambeziensis). Taxonomy needs to be resolved.<br />
Stapfiella zambesiensis R.Fern. forma<br />
zambesiensis<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Margins of mushitu near streams, which is not a<br />
particularly endangered habitat. Type is from 8 km east<br />
of Kasama by Robinson.<br />
VELLOZIACEAE<br />
Xerophyta villosa (Baker) Smith & Ayensu<br />
Status: LR-nt<br />
Fairly common.<br />
VITACEAE<br />
Cissus fanshawii Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Grows on termite mounds in Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Cyphostemma richardsiae Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Found in Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Cyphostemma saxicolum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Descoings<br />
ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: LR-lc<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in dense riverine forest and in dense, dry<br />
woodland. Five collections from Mbala.<br />
Satyrium sceptrum, probably used<br />
as chikanda. (Photo: G. Williamson)
ACANTHACEAE<br />
Duosperma cuprinum Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Duosperma fanshawei Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Duosperma fimbriatum Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Justicia salvioides Milne-Redh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Itigi thicket endemic. Leafless shrub. Also known from<br />
Tanzania.<br />
AMARANTHACEAE<br />
Celosia chenopodiifolia Baker<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In Angola it grows in abandoned cultivated fields in<br />
damp soils. In <strong>Zambia</strong>, it is known from a few<br />
specimens collected along a roadside. This is quite likely<br />
a weed but this information is unavailable.<br />
AMARYLLIDACEAE<br />
Crinum subcernuum Baker<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
ANACARDIACEAE<br />
Lannea gossweileri Exell & Mendonça subsp.<br />
tomentella (R. & A.Fern.) Gillett<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Woodlands of several types on sandy plains. Type from<br />
Shiwa Ngandu. The species is used for rope-making.<br />
Unable to confirm whether it is endemic.<br />
Lannea schimperi (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central, South, West<br />
The taxonomy of this species probably needs attention.<br />
It has a smooth white bark.<br />
Ozoroa bredoi R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type.<br />
Ozoroa viridis R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Type from Mkushi Boma.<br />
Rhus ochracea Meikle var. saxicola R. & A. Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from the Muchinga Escarpment. Known only from<br />
the type collection, although Angus’s specimen is doubtful.<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Sorindeia undulata R. & A.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In riverine forest. Type collected by Fanshawe.<br />
APONOGETONACEAE<br />
Aponogeton stuhlmannii Engl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
ARECACEAE<br />
Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North, East, Central<br />
Sparsely scattered palm tree, in patches. Recovery rate<br />
very low.<br />
ASCLEPIADACEAE<br />
Ceropegia cataphyllaris Bull.<br />
Status: DD<br />
The taxonomy may need checking.<br />
ASPHODELACEAE<br />
Aloe bicomitum L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Collected by Richards in Mbala (near Kalambo River)<br />
but problem with collection numbering. Leach<br />
subsequently cultivated it. Reported to have been<br />
recently seen on an island in northern <strong>Zambia</strong> at the<br />
Tanzanian border. Currently known only from a small<br />
area in the vicinity of the type locality.<br />
Aloe enotata L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Aloe luapulana L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Collected along the DRC border. Currently known only<br />
from the type, but this needs confirmation.<br />
Aloe milne-redheadii Christian<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Mwinilunga. Reported to be common in<br />
miombo woodland at the type locality. Possibly also in<br />
Angola and DRC but this cannot be confirmed;<br />
apparently known only from the type.<br />
Aloe veseyi Reynolds<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from near Kalambo Falls collected by Richards.<br />
Possibly also in Tanzania but this cannot be confirmed.<br />
ASPLENIACEAE<br />
Asplenium chaseanum Schelpe<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
On rocks in forest in deep shade. Type from Mansa<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
District by White. Also recorded in DRC. Initially<br />
suggested that it should be removed from the RDL.<br />
ASTERACEAE<br />
Bidens oligoflora (Klatt) Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Taxonomy needs attention.<br />
Erythrocephalum dictyophlebium Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in grassland. Known only from the type<br />
collection. Not really a well-collected area.<br />
Lopholaena alata Duvign.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Small pyrophyte with woody rootstock. Found in plateau<br />
woodland. Collected by Fanshawe in Luanshya (1954)<br />
and Mpongwe (1957).<br />
Pleiotaxis angustirugosa Jeffrey<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Barotseland<br />
Type is from Chavuma. Endemic to Barotseland.<br />
Rastrophyllum pinnatipartitum Wild & G.V.Pope<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In seasonally damp grassland. Monotypic genus. Type<br />
from Ikelenge in Mwinilunga (collected in 1965).<br />
Known only from the type collection.<br />
Vernonia helodea Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Swampy grassland. Type from the Loyi Flats in Mbala<br />
(1965). Apparently known only from the type.<br />
Vernonia lycioides Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Woodland. Type from 32 km south of Mwinilunga on the<br />
road to Kabompo. Known only from the type. A subshrub.<br />
Vernonia madefacta Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat is damp rocks by waterfalls. Type from<br />
Chilongowelo in Mbala District. Known only from the<br />
type.<br />
BALSAMINACEAE<br />
Impatiens hydrogetonoides Launert<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat in waterfall spray in dense shade, in a ravine in<br />
evergreen forest. Flower colour pink. <strong>Zambia</strong>-Mafinga is<br />
not well-collected.<br />
BEGONIACEAE<br />
Begonia pygmaea Irmscher<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
149<br />
ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In riverine forest, altitude of 910 m. Type from Lunzua<br />
near Mbala, by Richards (1955). Known only from the<br />
type.<br />
150<br />
BORAGINACEAE<br />
Cystostemon loveridgei Martins<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Cystostemon mwinilungensis Martins<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Grows in degraded Cryptosepalum and Copaifera<br />
forests, savanna woodland on Kalahari sands.<br />
BRASSICACEAE<br />
Coronopus zambiensis Jonsell<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
CAMPANULACEAE<br />
Wahlenbergia cephalodina Thulin<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is woodland on Kalahari sand. Type is from<br />
Kabompo. Unclear whether it is known only from the<br />
type. Check taxonomy.<br />
COMBRETACEAE<br />
Combretum padoides Engl. & Diels<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North, East, South<br />
COMMELINACEAE<br />
Aneilema richardsiae Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Commelina grandis Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Commelina pycnospatha Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Deciduous forest on steep gorge slopes.<br />
CONVOLVULACEAE<br />
Ipomoea milnei Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
On sandy and rocky hills. Altitude of 1,320–1,341 m.<br />
Type from Angola.<br />
Ipomoea protea Britten & Rendle<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Sandy soils on roadsides, altitude 1,650 m. Type from<br />
Angola.<br />
Merremia stellata Rendle<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In woodland. Type from Angola.<br />
CUCURBITACEAE<br />
Trochomeria subglabra Jeffrey<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Ecology and habitats are unknown. Type from Matonchi<br />
Farm by Milne-Redhead. Widespread.<br />
CYPERACEAE<br />
Actinoschoenus repens J.Raynal<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Known mainly from the collections of Milne-Redhead.<br />
Alinula malawica (J.Raynal) Goetgh. & Vorster<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Also known from Malawi.<br />
Ascolepis ampullacea J.Raynal<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only known from type.<br />
Ascolepis majestuosa Duvign. & Léonard<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North, Barotseland<br />
Ascolepis protea Welw. subsp. atropurpurea Lye<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Ascolepis protea Welw. subsp. chrysocephala Lye<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Records for it from southern Tanzania but reported<br />
(unconfirmed) to occur in northern <strong>Zambia</strong> at the<br />
Tanzanian border.<br />
Ascolepis pseudopeteri Goetgh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Ascolepis pusilla Ridley var. echinata Hooper<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Occurs in Tanzania.<br />
Ascolepis trigona Goetgh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Bulbostylis micromucronata Goetgh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
No herbarium material from <strong>Zambia</strong> in Kew.<br />
Carex robinsonii Podl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
No material in Kew, just a description.<br />
Cyperus altochrysocephalus Lye<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981). No herbarium material at<br />
Kew.<br />
Cyperus kasamensis Podl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981). No herbarium material at<br />
Kew.<br />
Cyperus mwinilungensis Podl. var. maior Podl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Cyperus robinsonii Podl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Cyperus zambesiensis C.B.Cl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Apparent taxonomic confusion with Cyperus<br />
glaucophyllus var. zambesiensis.<br />
Lipocarpha echinus J.Raynal<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Lipocarpha robinsonii J.Raynal<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West, South, Barotseland<br />
Also known from Angola.<br />
Pycreus atrorubidus Nelmes<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Pycreus heterochrous Nelmes<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Pycreus micromelas Lye<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Pycreus poikilostachys Nelmes<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Schoenoplectus rhodesicus (Podl.) Lye<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Also known from Tanzania.<br />
Scleria calcicola Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Scleria chlorocalyx Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Scleria delicatula Nelmes<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: West, North<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Scleria fulvipilosa Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.
Scleria lucentinigricans Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Scleria patula Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Scleria polyrrhiza Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Scleria procumbens Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Possibly occurs in southern Tanzania.<br />
Scleria xerophila Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Scleria zambesica Robinson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Volkiella disticha Merxm. & Czech.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Apparently no <strong>Zambia</strong>n specimens at Kew. Expected to<br />
occur in <strong>Zambia</strong>, Zimbabwe and Namibia.<br />
DICHAPETALACEAE<br />
Dichapetalum whitei Torre<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is deciduous Sarcocephalis and Albizia<br />
woodland.<br />
EBENACEAE<br />
Diospyros mweroensis F.White<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in miombo woodland and Itigi thicket.<br />
Associated with termite mounds (altitude 800–<br />
1,500 m). Also recorded from DRC.<br />
EUPHORBIACEAE<br />
Acalypha dikuluwensis Duvign. & Dewit.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Croton gossweileri Hutch.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Single collection from <strong>Zambia</strong>. Riverine forest. Also<br />
from Angola.<br />
Euphorbia cooperi N.E.Br. ex Berger var. calidicola<br />
L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East, Central/East, South<br />
Widespread. Associated with rocky habitats.<br />
Euphorbia cooperi N.E.Br. ex Berger var.<br />
ussanguensis (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, North<br />
Locally common.<br />
Euphorbia decidua Bally & L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Locally common.<br />
Euphorbia fortissima L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
Mid-Zambezi Valley. Valley thickets and basalt gorges.<br />
Euphorbia griseola Pax subsp. zambiensis<br />
L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Type from Kapiri Mposhi.<br />
Euphorbia inundaticola L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Euphorbia jubata L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Locally common. Associated with rocky habitats.<br />
Euphorbia luapulana L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Euphorbia mwinilungensis L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Locally common.<br />
Euphorbia papillosicapsa L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Chipili. Miombo woodland.<br />
Euphorbia perplexa L.C.Leach var. perplexa<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Locally common.<br />
Euphorbia platyrrhiza L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Grass pan on Kalahari sands. Locally common.<br />
Euphorbia sereti De Wild. subsp. variantissima<br />
L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Kabompo Gorge. On rock.<br />
Euphorbia whellanii L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from type locality.<br />
Euphorbia williamsonii L.C.Leach<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Forms fibrous mats on rocky quartz.<br />
Jatropha pachyrrhiza Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
Perennial herb. Widespread, but known from few<br />
specimens. Kalahari sand miombo.<br />
Monadenium fanshawei Bally<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Also known from Tanzania.<br />
Phyllanthus friesii Hutch.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type specimen. Collected by Fries<br />
in 1914.<br />
Phyllanthus martinii Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from <strong>Zambia</strong>. Baikiaea thicket (mutemwa),<br />
especially on old drainage lines.<br />
Phyllanthus pseudocarunculatus Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known from three specimens from one locality. Not<br />
known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Phyllanthus sananei J.F.Brunel<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type locality. Taxonomic confusion<br />
as this has been reportedly sunk under Phyllanthus<br />
pseudoniruri which is found in <strong>Zambia</strong>, Zimbabwe and<br />
Malawi. P. sananei is known from the specimen Sanane<br />
877 (1969).<br />
Phyllanthus tener Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Type from Chirundu. Not known whether it is endemic<br />
to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Phyllanthus xiphephorus J.F.Brunel ex Radcl.-Sm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mbala District.<br />
Sapium acetosella Milne-Redh. var. lineare<br />
Léonard<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Kawambwa. In sandy dambos.<br />
FABACEAE<br />
Aeschynomene bracteosa Baker var. major Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type locality in Kawambwa,<br />
collected by Fanshawe (1950s). Area is poorly collected<br />
and as a result the species may be more abundant than<br />
what is currently known. Occurs in bushland.<br />
Brachystegia astlei Hoyle<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only been collected once in a dambo in Kawambwa by<br />
Brummitt. Not a conspicuous tree and may have been<br />
overlooked. Known only from the type and one other<br />
collection.<br />
Brachystegia michelmorei Hoyle<br />
Status: DD<br />
151<br />
ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA ZAMBIA<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Originally thought to be the same species as B. astelei,<br />
but B. michelmorei has bigger leaflets. Known only<br />
from the type and one other collection.<br />
Crotalaria nudiflora Polhill<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
The type is from the Luombo River (Kasama District).<br />
Also collected in Kawambwa at several localities.<br />
Disturbed grassy places near rivers.<br />
Crotalaria polytricha Polhill<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Evergreen thicket. Also known from DRC.<br />
Crotalaria tristis Polhill<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Collected at Mbala twice. This species could be a<br />
pioneer species. Secondary miombo (miombo that was<br />
under cultivation/disturbed/cut and is recovering).<br />
Crotalaria vanmeelii Wilczek<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The species grows in open, disturbed places on sandy<br />
soils.<br />
Cryptosepalum exfoliatum De Wild. subsp.<br />
craspedoneuron Duvign. & Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Wide distribution. Sand and rocky outcrops.<br />
Cryptosepalum exfoliatum De Wild. subsp.<br />
puberulum Duvign. & Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Dalbergia acutifoliolata Mend.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Desmodium fulvescens Schubert<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Moist dambos at an altitude of 1,200 m. Recorded from<br />
DRC.<br />
Dolichos filifoliolus Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Dolichos magnificus Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Entada bacillaris F.White var. plurijuga Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
A shrub up to 2 m tall with small leaves. Found in<br />
sandy soil.<br />
Entada dolichorachis Brenan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Very conspicuous and unusual plant, should have been<br />
collected more frequently. Collected in Kawambwa by<br />
Fanshawe and in Mbala (Lufuba) by Richards.<br />
Brachystegia woodland, sandy soils, open riverine<br />
situations. Altitude of 780–1,620 m.<br />
Humularia submarginalis Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
152<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mansa. Not a particularly well-collected area.<br />
Marquesia and Brachystegia woodland, wet woodlands.<br />
Indigofera deightonii Gillett subsp. rhodesica<br />
Gillett<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Indigofera spathulata Gillett<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981)<br />
Kotschya imbricata Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Collected only once (1969) in Solwezi. This locality is<br />
not well-collected. Isenga woodland.<br />
Millettia eetveldeana (Micheli) Hauman<br />
Status: DD<br />
Found on haematite habitats. Possibly more widespread<br />
than is currently known.<br />
Ophrestia unicostata (Hermann) Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Tephrosia muenzneri Harms subsp. pedalis<br />
Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Habitat is pink, sandy loam in Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Type locality is Lundazi.<br />
Tephrosia robinsoniana Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
On rocky hillsides, at altitudes of 1,340 m. Type<br />
collected from Mfuwila (ungazetteered). Possibly known<br />
only from the type.<br />
Tephrosia zambiana Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Mungwi. Area has not been well-collected.<br />
FLACOURTIACEAE<br />
Scolopia stolzii Gilg & Sleumer<br />
Status: DD<br />
Habitat is riverine forest.<br />
GENTIANACEAE<br />
Faroa allata Taylor<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
This is the only specimen that is cited in Flora<br />
zambesiaca. Collected on a rocky ledge at an altitude of<br />
about 1,000 m.<br />
Faroa minutiflora P.Taylor<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Grows in damp sand amongst rocks. Found at an<br />
altitude of 1,260 m.<br />
Sebaea africana Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In damp sandy ground amongst grass at altitude of<br />
1,680 m. Type from the Kawambwa-Mbereshi Road by<br />
Richards (1957).<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Sebaea alata Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Grows in dambos at altitudes of 1,580 m. Type from<br />
Shischinga Ranch (collected by Astle). Widespread but<br />
not very common.<br />
Sebaea caudata Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Type collected from Mpanaza Mission at Simasunda<br />
Dambo, 1955. Possibly known only from the type.<br />
Sebaea clavata Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In Brachystegia woodland and in taller robust<br />
vegetation. Type on Senga Hill road to Mporokoso<br />
(Mbala). Possibly known only from the type.<br />
Sebaea fernandesiana Paiva & Nogueira<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
On damp soil on rocky outcrops at an altitude of<br />
1,350 m. Type is from Kaleni Hill (6 km north of Kaleni<br />
Hill on the Zambezi Rapids). Possibly known only from<br />
the type.<br />
HYDROPHYLLACEAE<br />
Hydrolea brevistyla Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
At edges of dambos begining to dry out and also<br />
horizontal slabs of sandstone. Easily irrigated by river<br />
overflows. Altitude of 1,350 m. Very wide area. Deep<br />
blue, conspicuous corolla; plant up to 30 cm tall.<br />
Unable to confirm whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
HYPOXIDACEAE<br />
Hypoxis cuanzensis Welw. ex Baker<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in a well-collected area. Unable to confirm<br />
whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Hypoxis filiformis Baker<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Area has been relatively well-collected.<br />
Hypoxis rigidula Baker<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
ILLECEBRACEAE<br />
Corrigiola paniculata Peter<br />
Status: DD<br />
IRIDACEAE<br />
Dierama longistylum Marais<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Found in montane grassland at 600–2,400 m altitude.<br />
Lapeirousia zambeziaca Goldblatt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is boggy grassland (probably seasonally<br />
inundated). Type from western Angola. Appears to be<br />
endemic to the upper Zambezi.
ISOETACEAE<br />
Isoetes aequinoctialis Welw. ex A.Br.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Not sure of its status elsewhere, probably not<br />
threatened. Widespread. Type from Nigeria.<br />
LAMIACEAE<br />
Plectranthastrum cylindricalyx Mathew<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
LAURACEAE<br />
Beilschmiedia gilbertii Robyns & Wilczek var.<br />
glabra Robyns & Wilczek<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: NorthWest<br />
Type is from DRC.<br />
LENTIBULARIACEAE<br />
Genlisea glandulosissima R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in permanent wet peaty bogs. Known localities<br />
very far apart.<br />
Genlisea pallida Fromm-Trinta & P.Taylor<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Permanent wet peat bogs. Also recorded from Angola.<br />
LYTHRACEAE<br />
Nesaea purpurascens Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
In muddy places near dams. Known only from <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Known only from the type colllecvtion.<br />
Nesaea robinsoniana Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In muddy places. Type collected by Robinson 95 km<br />
east of Kasama. Only known from <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Rotala cordipetala R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In water on sandy ground. Collected from Lake<br />
Bengweulu. Possibly also known from Tanzania.<br />
Rotala dinteri Koehne<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat in shallow waters of peaty soils in dambos.<br />
Type from Mwininlunga, Kalenda Plain (Milne-Redhead).<br />
Known only from the type collection.<br />
Rotala gossweileri Koehne<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in damp places and shallow water in lateritic<br />
dambos. Type is by Eyles from Mfulira on the<br />
Copperbelt. Common habitat. Plant is 3 cm high and<br />
easily overlooked. Plants float when area is flooded.<br />
Known only from the type collection.<br />
Rotala juniperina Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Muddy bottoms of shallow irrigation channels. Type<br />
from Kabwula Mwana Dam (by Robinson).<br />
Rotala myriophylloides Welw. ex Hiern<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type from Lake Chila in Mbala by Nash.<br />
Rotala submersa Pohnert var. angustipetala Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Ecology known from the type variety. Type locality in<br />
Mbala.<br />
MALPIGHIACEAE<br />
Triaspis lateriflora Oliv.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Climber on small trees in bushes and forest margins.<br />
Type is from Angola. Probably widely distributed.<br />
MELASTOMATACEAE<br />
Cincinnobotrys acaulis (Cogn.) Gilg<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found on damp mossy rocks in dense evergreen shade<br />
vegetation. Known only from the type locality.<br />
Dichaetanthera rhodesiensis A. & R.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North, West, Barotseland<br />
Known from lateritic soils and rocky tops of hills. Wide<br />
distribution.<br />
Dissotis caloneura Engl. var. pilosa A. & R.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in exposed situations in quartzite and sandstone<br />
rocks. Type from Luanshe on the Copperbelt by<br />
Fanshawe. Shrub or small tree up to 3.5 m tall. The two<br />
known localites are far apart.<br />
Dissotis debilis (Sond.) Triana var. pedicellata A.<br />
& R.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Type is from Mpulungu on Lake Tanganyika in open<br />
marshy localities amongst grass. Unable to confirm<br />
whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Dissotis glandulosa A. & R.Fern.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
The type is from Mwinilunga by Robinson at the source<br />
of the Zambezi. It is possibly known only from the type.<br />
MELIACEAE<br />
Entandrophragma delevoyi De Wild.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central, South<br />
It is a dry evergreen thicket canopy species. Its habitat<br />
is threatened. Found in high and medium rainfall areas.<br />
Although of inferior quality, wood is used for furniture.<br />
MENYANTHACEAE<br />
Nymphoides milnei A.Raynal<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type is from Matonchi Farm collected in the 1930s.<br />
Found in a temporary pool. Small aquatic herb.<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Ficus ardisioides Warb.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
MORACEAE<br />
MYRSINACEAE<br />
Anagallis rhodesica R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Apparently known only from the type which is from Kali<br />
between Mansa and Bangweulu. In seasonally flooded<br />
places.<br />
OLEACEAE<br />
Chionanthus niloticus (Oliv.) Stearn<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
It grows in riparian mushitu (moist evergreen forest,<br />
swamp forest). Its habitat is common and widespread.<br />
ORCHIDACEAE<br />
Angraecopsis gassneri G.Will.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Known only from the type collection. Grows on trees<br />
and granite rocks in deep moss at 1,300 m. Probably<br />
overlooked, as it is a small plant.<br />
Angraecum geniculatum G.Will.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Species is epiphytic and grows in dense fringing forest.<br />
Only a single specimen citation is given in Flora<br />
zambesiaca. No locality is given. Probably overlooked,<br />
as it is a small plant.<br />
Brachycorythis mixta Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Dambos and seasonally wet upland grassland. Type from<br />
Angola.<br />
Disa caffra Bolus<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Occurs in wet grassland, usually in dambos at an<br />
altitude of 1,400–1,700 m. It is said to be rare in<br />
swampy areas in the Flora of southern Africa region.<br />
Disa cryptantha Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Found growing in marshy grasslands or dambos.<br />
Altitude of 1,000–1,800 m. It is widespread although<br />
the species is rare.<br />
Disa verdickii De Wild.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in wet sandy grassland or in Brachystegia and<br />
Uapaca woodland and submontane grasslands. Could be<br />
widespread.<br />
Disperis breviloba Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: Central, West<br />
Habitat is Brachystegia woodland and open dambos<br />
usually in shallow soils over rocks. Altitude of 1,200–<br />
2,340 m. Probably not used as chikanda, as the tuber is<br />
7 mm long. Possibly overlooked, as it is a small plant.<br />
Also known from Malawi.<br />
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ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA<br />
Disperis katangensis Summerh. var. minor Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in Cryptosepalum woodland on sand. Altitude<br />
about 1,400 m. Probably overlooked.<br />
Eulophia holubii Rolfe<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Barotseland<br />
Well-represented outside <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Eulophia richardsiae P.J.Cribb & la Croix<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in Brachystegia woodland at 1,500 m. The<br />
species apparently forms colonies where it grows.<br />
Probably overlooked, only appears when flowering,<br />
otherwise it is subterranean. Known only from the type,<br />
collected by Richards 10043 (1957).<br />
Eulophia saxicola P.J.Cribb & G.Will.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Also recorded from Zimbabwe.<br />
Habenaria macrotidion Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The type is Mbereshi which is poorly collected. Known<br />
from swampy ground. Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Habenaria orthocentron P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Very wet swamp forest. Probably used as chikanda.<br />
Liparis molendinacea G.Will.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat is swamp forest in humus on the forest floor.<br />
Has pseudobulbs so probably not used. Swamp forests<br />
tend not to be collected. Not a densely populated area.<br />
Nervilia kotschyi (Rchb.f.) Schltr. var. purpurata<br />
(Rchb.f. & Sond.) B.Pettersson<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Barotseland<br />
Widespread in Africa. Not harvested.<br />
Nervilia renschiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: South<br />
Brachystegia woodland and riverine forest fringes, often<br />
on termite mounds. Not harvested.<br />
Platycoryne trilobata Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Type from Chakwenga headwaters. Known only from<br />
Lusaka. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Polystachya asper P.J.Cribb & Podzorski<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Evergreen fringing forest in dense shade. Known only<br />
from north of Mwinilunga. Narrow distribution. Possibly<br />
also in DRC.<br />
Polystachya erythrocephala Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Collected on rocks in deep gorge near a river. The type<br />
is from Solwezi, collected by Milne-Redhead. Narrow<br />
endemic, probably overlooked as it is a small plant.<br />
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Polystachya mafingensis P.J.Cribb<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Submontane mist zone woodland and grassland, often<br />
epiphytic on trees and shrubs. Altitude of 2,240 m. The<br />
species is known only from Malawi and <strong>Zambia</strong>, from<br />
the Mafingas. Probably overlooked as it is a small plant.<br />
Polystachya moreauae P.J.Cribb & Podzorski<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
It is so far known only from the rivers of the Muchinga<br />
Escarpment. Narrow endemic.<br />
Pteroglossaspis corymbosa G.Will.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is wet open grassland. Known only from the<br />
type locality.<br />
Tridactyle translucens Summerh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Habitat is epiphytic in Cryptosepalum and Brachystegia<br />
woodland. This species is known only from Mwinilunga,<br />
just east of the Kasompe River. Probably overlooked but<br />
a narrow endemic.<br />
OXALIDACEAE<br />
Oxalis abercornensis Knuth<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only known from the type at the <strong>Zambia</strong>-Tanzanian<br />
border. Collected in 1936. Along paths and as a garden<br />
weed. Possibly a form of Oxalis oligotricha (Richards<br />
collected this species about four times). Sounds like it<br />
is a familiar weed, but this needs confirmation.<br />
PASSIFLORACEAE<br />
Basananthe baumii (Harms) De Wilde var. baumii<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Habitat is dry secondary forest, woodland and scrub on<br />
dry sandy soils. Probably just overlooked and<br />
undercollected. Apparently known to occur in Angola.<br />
PERIPLOCACEAE<br />
Pentagonanthus grandiflorus (N.E.Br.) Bull.<br />
subsp. grandiflorus<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
POACEAE<br />
Brachyachne simonii Kupicha & Cope<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in laterite pans. Type is from Chizela (Mfumbu<br />
District) at 1,130 m. Narrow distribution range.<br />
Digitaria calcarata Clayton<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
On shallow soil overlying rocks.<br />
Digitaria minoriflora Goetgh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in grassland in sandy soil along roadsides.<br />
Digitaria procurrens Goetgh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type collection. Found along the<br />
roadside in mateshe thicket (altitude of 1,200 m).<br />
Digitaria sacculata Clayton<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type collection in damp sand.<br />
Diheteropogon microterus Clayton<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Eragrostis astreptoclada Cope<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The habitat is damp sand or banks along river and<br />
sandy edges of peaty dambos. Altitude of 1,400–<br />
1,560 m.<br />
Loxodera bovonei (Chiov.) Launert<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Panicum perangustatum Renvoize<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Seasonally wet places. Type is from Misamfu. Not known<br />
whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Panicum phippsii Renvoize<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Dense scrub in shade. Altitude of 1,350 m. Type from<br />
Mporokoso. Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
PODOSTEMACEAE<br />
Leiothylax drummondii C.Cusset<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: Central<br />
Grows submerged in fast-flowing water, such as fastflowing<br />
rivers associated with granite and in hydroelectric<br />
plant canals. Constitutes a problem where it is<br />
difficult to eradicate, possibly a problem plant. Type<br />
from Capiri-Mankoshi Road.<br />
POLYGONACEAE<br />
Oxygonum carnosum Grah.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
Oxygonum litorale Grah.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Source: IUCN TPC (1981).<br />
PROTEACEAE<br />
Protea poggei Engl. subsp. mwinilungensis<br />
Chisumpa & Brummitt<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
One collection cited in Flora zambesiaca from<br />
Mwinilunga.
PTERIDACEAE<br />
Ceratopteris cornuta (Beauv.) Le Prieur<br />
Status: DD<br />
Has a disjunct distribution and known from only a few<br />
localities in <strong>Zambia</strong>. Widespread in Tropical Africa to<br />
Senegal; also in Sudan, Madagascar, Socotra, Saudi<br />
Arabi and so forth.<br />
ROSACEAE<br />
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Afromontane species. Fringing upland rainforest,<br />
deciduous woodland and evergreen bushland. On<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>-Nyika Plateau and possibly also from Mbala.<br />
RUBIACEAE<br />
Amphiasma redheadii Bremek.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Mwinilunga, by Milne-Redhead (1930) on the<br />
Warnibobo River (ungazetteered). Known only from the<br />
type. Found in Brachystegia woodland.<br />
Fadogia luangwae Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Hill miombo woodland (different to escarpment<br />
woodland, thin soils, edaphically interesting). Altitude<br />
800 m. Habitat is widespread. Type is from North<br />
Luangwa National Park. Known only from the type (P.P.<br />
Smith 0220).<br />
Fadogia tomentosa De Wild. var. flaviflora<br />
(Robyns) Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: Central, Barotseland, West<br />
Brachystegia woodland on Kalahari sand. Tree of 1.5 m<br />
tall. Also recorded in Angola.<br />
Geophila sp. Fanshawe 6855<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Only a single specimen by Fanshawe from Ndola<br />
(1962). Found in dry evergreen forest at altitude of<br />
1,370 m. Has yellow flowers. Similar to G. afzelii.<br />
Hallea rubrostipulata (K.Schum.) Leroy<br />
Status: DD<br />
Locally called ‘mupa’ (Bemba name). Alternative genus<br />
name: Metrogyna.<br />
Oldenlandia corymbosa L.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Sandy ground, altitude 1,200 m. Originally called<br />
Oldenlandia linearis. Apparently known only from the<br />
type that was collected by Richards.<br />
Oldenlandia robinsonii Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In lateritic gravel.<br />
Pachystigma albosetulosum Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North, Barotseland<br />
Found in grassy plains near patches of woodland. Type<br />
is from Kalambo.<br />
Pachystigma micropyren Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Brachystegia woodland, sometimes on laterite outcrops.<br />
Unusual distribution. Also recorded in Angola.<br />
Pavetta pygmaea Bremek.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Cryptosepalum woodland on sand. Altitude ± 1,000 m.<br />
Type is from Mwinilunga District, west of Dobeka Bridge.<br />
Not known whether it is endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Psychotria pumila Hiern var. subumbellata (Petit)<br />
Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Riparian thicket. Type from Kawambwa District,<br />
collected by Fanshawe 3877 (1962). Known only from<br />
the type.<br />
Rytigynia sp. Angus 604<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Species known only from a single collection, Angus 604<br />
(1952). Mavunda on Kalahari sand. Mavunda is<br />
(Cryptosepalum) dry evergreen thicket or forest which<br />
is a mosaic. The type is from Mwinilunga District.<br />
Rytigynia sp. Fanshawe 2998<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Known only from a single collection, Fanshawe 2998<br />
(1957). Collected on a granite boulder in evergreen<br />
thicket (mateshe thicket). One collection in Chingola.<br />
Sarcocephalus pobeguinii Pobéguin ex Pellegrin<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North, West<br />
Habitat in gallery forest on well-drained sandy soil but<br />
probably periodically flooded. Distributed across the top<br />
half of the country. Up to 22 m tall. Has capitulate<br />
infloresences. Not known whether it is endemic to<br />
<strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
Spermacoce princeae (K.Schum.) Verdc. var.<br />
mwinilungae Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Found in riverine forest, altitude of 1,300 m. Collected<br />
once on the West Lunga River by Brummitt, Chisumpa<br />
and Polhill (1975).<br />
Spermacoce samfya Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Seasonally flooded flats. Type collected from Mukosa<br />
(ungazetteered) by Chabwela (1970).<br />
Tapiphyllum cinerascens (Hiern) Robyns var.<br />
cinerascens<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Cryptosepalum woodland, altitude of 1,350 m.<br />
Collected from Mwinilunga (1969). Apparently also<br />
known from Tanzania.<br />
Tapiphyllum cistifolium (Welw.) Robyns var.<br />
latifolia Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Uapaca woodland, altitude of 1,250 m. Type from<br />
Mwinilunga (1975). Is a suffrutex.<br />
Vangueria volkensii K.Schum. var. kyimbilensis<br />
(Robyns) Verdc.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: East<br />
In the mid-stratum of evergreen forests near streams.<br />
Type from Tanzania. Taxonomy may need attention.<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
RUTACEAE<br />
Vepris fanshawei Mendonça<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type taken from Chiengi, collected<br />
in 1958.<br />
Vepris whitei Mendonça<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
In evergreen riverine forest. Possibly in the Itigi thicket<br />
area. Type is from Mweru Wantipa. The fruits are<br />
orange-yellow and sweet-tasting. Widespread.<br />
SCROPHULARIACEAE<br />
Buchnera arenicola R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the cited collection (1911) in Flora<br />
zambesiaca. The habitat is under severe threat from<br />
fisheries.<br />
Buchnera crassifolia Engl.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Only a single cited specimen for <strong>Zambia</strong>. Also known<br />
from Malawi.<br />
Buchnera nitida Skan<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Also known from Malawi.<br />
Buchnera pulcherrima R.E.Fr.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Known only from the type collection (1911). No actual<br />
site given.<br />
Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Medicinal plant. Widespread at altitudes of 1,500–<br />
2,000 m. Could be a cosmopolitan weed but this cannot<br />
be confirmed.<br />
Limnophila crassifolia Philcox<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: West<br />
Type from Mwinilunga. Muddy riversides. Only 6 cm tall<br />
and probably easily overlooked.<br />
Selago thyrsoidea Baker var. thyrsoidea<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Near-endemic?<br />
Distribution: East<br />
Type from Malawi-Nyika.<br />
STERCULIACEAE<br />
Dombeya brachystemma Milne-Redh.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West, South<br />
Very wide distribution range.<br />
TILIACEAE<br />
Triumfetta grandistipulata Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Sandy flats in scrubby woodland. Type from Kawanga<br />
(ungazetteered), by Fanshawe.<br />
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Triumfetta reticulata Wild<br />
Status: DD<br />
Distribution: West<br />
In waste places and woodlands. Type is from Ndola by<br />
Fanshawe. Not known whether this is a weed. Requires<br />
verification.<br />
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URTICACEAE<br />
Pouzolzia bracteosa Friis<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: Central/East<br />
On alluvium near river areas. Collected only once in<br />
Luangwa Valley (1972). Probably related to Pouzolzia<br />
fadenii from the Kenyan coast. Locality is well-<br />
collected. Only 5 cm tall. Not known whether it is<br />
endemic to <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
VERBENACEAE<br />
Clerodendrum sansibarense Gürke subsp.<br />
sansibarense<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic?<br />
Distribution: North<br />
The habitat is dry evergreen forests (secondary forest).<br />
The species is widespread in high rainfall areas.<br />
The tubers of edible orchids that are harvested for consumption are called<br />
chikanda or African polony in <strong>Zambia</strong>. (Photo: M.G. Bingham)<br />
Brachycorythis angolensis, a<br />
dambo species used for chikanda.<br />
(Photo: G. Williamson)<br />
DATA DEFICIENT<br />
VITACEAE<br />
Cyphostemma nanellum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Descoings<br />
ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found in burnt woodland. Known only from the type<br />
specimen.<br />
Cyphostemma tenuissimum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.)<br />
Descoings ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.<br />
Status: DD<br />
Endemism: Endemic<br />
Distribution: North<br />
Found on rocky ground. Known only from the type<br />
collected in 1911.<br />
Satyrium buchananii, used as<br />
chikanda. (Photo: G. Williamson)<br />
Dambo areas are impacted by human disturbance in <strong>Zambia</strong>.<br />
(Photo: G. Williamson)